Christian Worker Fired for Pronoun Policy Stance Loses Bias Suit

A Washington state counseling and treatment center won’t face trial on a Christian former employee’s discrimination claims because granting her accommodation from its pronoun-use policy would expose it to legal liability.

That was enough to show the sort of undue hardship that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and state anti-bias law don’t require an employer to assume when a worker seeks a job adjustment for a conflict between their religious beliefs or practices and a work requirement, the US District Court for the Western District of Washington said. The legal exposure Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation would ...